Calxeda ECX-1000: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS vs. Ubuntu 12.10 Comparison of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.10 on a single node Calxeda ECX-1000 EnergyCore server node. Benchmarking with 1.1GHz and 1.4GHz nodes by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com for a future article. Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node: Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores), Motherboard: Highbank, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC256 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-1000-highbank (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4 Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node: Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores), Motherboard: Highbank, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC256 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-1000-highbank (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4 Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node: Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores), Motherboard: Highbank, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC256 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-1000-highbank (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4 Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node: Processor: ARMv7 rev 0 (4 Cores), Motherboard: Highbank, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PC256 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-1000-highbank (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4 joytestcalxeda: Processor: ARMv7 rev 2 (16 Cores), Motherboard: Hisilicon HiP04 (Flattened Device Tree), Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 320GB Western Digital WD3200BUCT-6 OS: Linaro 14.01, Kernel: 3.13.0-rc1-00002-g9568897 (armv7l), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 740.25 |==== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 963.18 |===== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 759.69 |==== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 1003.40 |===== joytestcalxeda .................... 6940.10 |================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 653.95 |===== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 815.83 |====== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 663.59 |===== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 875.04 |====== joytestcalxeda .................... 4749.04 |================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 417.39 |========== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 507.53 |============ Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 421.51 |========== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 542.46 |============= joytestcalxeda .................... 1432.38 |================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 424.90 |============ Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 546.32 |=============== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 501.69 |============== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 643.43 |================== joytestcalxeda .................... 1211.50 |================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 52.58 |================================= Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 47.59 |============================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 57.98 |==================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 42.56 |========================== joytestcalxeda .................... 13.59 |======== CacheBench Test: Read MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1567.92 |========================= Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 2018.95 |================================= Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1632.58 |========================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 2100.29 |================================== joytestcalxeda .................... 2058.35 |================================= CacheBench Test: Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 2262.63 |=============== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 2887.25 |=================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4082.71 |=========================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 5227.24 |================================== joytestcalxeda .................... 3700.42 |======================== CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 2323.51 |============= Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 2962.31 |================ Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 3198.96 |================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 4091.39 |======================= joytestcalxeda .................... 6154.95 |================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1699 |============================= Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 2192 |===================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1706 |============================= Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 2176 |===================================== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 906.34 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 702.51 |=========================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 815.94 |================================ Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 634.85 |========================= joytestcalxeda .................... 620.73 |======================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4.23 |==================== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 5.38 |========================= Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4.15 |=================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 5.35 |========================= joytestcalxeda .................... 7.90 |===================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1.03 |======================= Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 1.09 |======================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1.05 |======================= Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 1.13 |========================= joytestcalxeda .................... 1.68 |===================================== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 8.73 |=========================== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 11.30 |================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 9.07 |============================ Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 11.82 |==================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1352 |===================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 1054 |============================= Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1326 |==================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 1033 |============================ joytestcalxeda .................... 193 |===== LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 476.13 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 366.82 |=========================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 464.02 |================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 365.85 |=========================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 566.45 |=================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 442.15 |=========================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 390.45 |======================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 303.69 |=================== joytestcalxeda .................... 36.29 |== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 17683 |==================================== Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 13906 |============================ Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 16859 |================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 13238 |=========================== joytestcalxeda .................... 10992 |====================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 3814.58 |========================= Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 4932.06 |================================ Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4014.66 |========================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 5271.67 |================================== joytestcalxeda .................... 4015.29 |========================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 10152 |================= Ubuntu 12.04: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 13012 |====================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 12578 |====================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.4GHz Calxeda Node . 16136 |============================ joytestcalxeda .................... 21006 |==================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1498.11 |========== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1087.94 |======= joytestcalxeda .................... 5151.35 |================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1620.71 |========= Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 1169.36 |======= joytestcalxeda .................... 5851.90 |================================== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4.68 |===================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 2.05 |================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 19 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 16 |================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 14 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 10 |============================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 25 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 20 |=============================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 31 |======================================= Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 26 |================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 8 |======================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 5 |========================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 132.32 |================================= Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 140.59 |=================================== joytestcalxeda .................... 92.42 |======================= NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.04: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4509.58 |================================== Ubuntu 12.10: 1.1GHz Calxeda Node . 4185.03 |================================